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DEAN'S MESSAGE
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We begin our Spring quarter with the return of eager minds ready to take on the Grand Challenges of Engineering. The RePlay Laboratory has a strong start in this arena. Virtual reality is becoming a powerful new tool for training practitioners and treating patients, in addition to its growing use in forms of entertainment. Dr. Fontecchio and his team's NSF Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Program grant will help connect our PhD students with local high schools to help spread the excitement of engineering. Projects like these are key to society's future success. Drexel's ongoing progress and sense of accomplishment has helped drive the College of Engineering to the top!
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DID YOU KNOW?
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National Association of Colleges and Employers has posted the highest paying jobs with bachelors degree in 2010. Engineering tops the list! Click here to see the full list.
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Video Game Program Ranked in Princeton Review's Top Three
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Drexel University's video game design curriculum has been ranked by the Princeton Review as one of the top three undergraduate programs out of more than 500 schools in the United States and Canada. Gaming at Drexel is an interdisciplinary program through the RePlay Laboratory developed jointly by the CS Department and the Digital Media Program (DIGM) in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. Co-directors of the RePlay Lab, Dr. Frank Lee (CS) and Dr. Paul Diefenbach (DIGM), lead the efforts in RePlay. RePlay exposes students to game development through projects that expand gaming beyond traditional interfaces and entertainment applications, enabling students to not just learn video game development, but to live it. The rankings of this accolade will be published in the April 2010 edition of GamePro Magazine.
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Dr. Adam Fontecchio and Team Receive $2.9 Million NSF Gran
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Drs. Adam Fontecchio (PI, ECE) and co-PI's Eli Fromm (ECE), Youngmoo Kim (ECE), Anthony Lowman (CBE) and Mary Jo Grdina (Education) have received an NSF Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Program grant for their project,"Catalyzing STEM Education via the NAE Engineering Grand Challenges." The budget for this five-year project is $2,915,695. The project will support Drexel graduate PhD students in partnering with local high school teachers through academic fellowship. The objective of the project is to enhance the math and science education of high school students through the context of the NAE's Grand Challenges.
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FIRST: 1,500 High School Students Battle Robots in Breakaway
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More than 1,500 high school students from five states competed in the FIRST Regional Robotics Competition March 26-27, 2010 at Drexel. During this year's game, called "Breakaway," two teams made up of three schools raced robots around a 27-foot-by-54-foot field trying to score soccer balls into a goal for points. The robots attempted to dribble soccer balls and travel through a challenging course of hills and tunnels. Drexel hosts the competition to encourage engagement in the fields of science, technology and engineering. For more information on the competition and for the results, please click here.
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Dr. Cameron Abrams Published in PNAS for Protein Predictions
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Drs. Cameron Abrams (CBE) and Eric Vanden-Eijnden (Math, NYU) were published in PNAS for their collaborative work in predicting protein conformations. PNAS published their research on understanding the flexibility of a protein molecule based on a single snapshot, such as a structure solved from X-ray crystallography. Their paper appeared on March 1, 2010 in the web-based early edition of PNAS. The hardcopy of PNAS will be released April 1, 2010. In addition, Dr. Abrams and research team were published on the front cover of the prestigious journal Proteins. To view the PNAS article, please click here.
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CoE Ranked Tenth by ASEE for Awarding Domestic PhD Degrees
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CoE is proud to announce its tenth place ranking for awarding PhD degrees to domestic students by ASEE's Connections. CoE is placed between MIT and Boston University. The numbers reflect a cohort of approximately 5-years. This major development is a direct result of CoE's ever-increasing reputation as a research college and for creating the leaders of tomorrow. For more information on the rankings from ASEE's Connections, please click here.
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